Lough Curra Mound

About Lough Curra Mound

Rising above the shadowed corrie of Lough Curra, this steep-sided shoulder provides a rugged vantage point within the Galty Mountains. Its grassy slopes are typical of the range's sandstone terrain, offering a dramatic perspective of the Galtymore cliffs for those following the northern tracks up from the Glen of Aherlow.

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• •The name derives from the Irish 'Loch na Corra', which can be translated as 'Lake of the Weir' or 'Lake of the Pointed Hill'; the 'Mound' refers specifically to the significant glacial moraine that forms the lip of the corrie.
• •From this height, you get a clear, scale-giving view of the sheer 200-metre cliffs of Galtymore’s northern face, known as the Eagle's Nest, which towers directly across the lake.
• •Looking north, the view opens up across the deep green floor of the Glen of Aherlow toward the long, forested ridge of Slievenamuck.
• •The terrain is composed primarily of Old Red Sandstone, and the Mound itself is a textbook example of glacial deposition, created as ice retreated from the Galty range roughly 15,000 years ago.
• •Calling a 600-metre peak a 'Mound' is a classic piece of Irish understatement, though in a range containing 900-metre giants, it is perhaps inevitable that it would be relegated to the status of a hillock.